how to know window width using jquery code example

Example: detecting screen width in jquery

var windowsize = $(window).width();

$(window).resize(function() {
  var windowsize = $(window).width();
});

if (windowsize > 440) {
  //if the window is greater than 440px wide then turn on jScrollPane..
    $('#pane1').jScrollPane({
       scrollbarWidth:15, 
       scrollbarMargin:52
    });
}